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slíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþe, (?); adj.

Formed, moulded fictusgravenfeigned, false

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offrodon ðæ sliððæn sacrificaverunt sculptilibus 105, 35. feigned, false oncneów slíþe mód úre cognovit figmentum (taken by the translator =fictam menlemt) nostrum Ps. Spl. T. 102, 13

Linked entry: slíþness

déman

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gecýðde ðæt him déman nolde, ðá gedyde dæt him selfe démdan . . . eft hit wæs gecweden: 'Ðǽr wé ús selfum démden, ðonne ne démde ús nó God' constat quod a suo judicio abscondere voluit quos sibimetipsis judices fecit . . .

ge-mittan

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Ðá cóm ongeán dǽm herge, þá gemitte þǽr swelcne feld swá him ǽr on swefne ætýwed wæs, Shrn. 70, 16. Þá eóde ꝥ folc on þá sǽand hig gemytton þǽr stǽnen hús, 150, 22.

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wærlíce, adv.

Unwarilyincautiouslywithout cautionheedlessly

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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde ðæt ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum

Linked entry: wærlíce

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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Þeáh geþeó ꝥ hæbbe helm and byrnan and golde fǽted sweord (ofergyldene sweord, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 188, 9. hét úp beran æðelinga gestreón, frætwe and fǽt gold, B. 1921. Fǽdde (fǽtte?) beágas, 1750.

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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dyde ðæt án ǽren nædre styrede, Wulfst. 98, 22. Ða stánas styredon for ðam swége, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 1.

Linked entry: stirian

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Gif wíf self hæbbe gange hió út mid him. Gif se hláford him wíf sealde sié hió ðæs hláfordes if he have a wife that he got himself, let her go out with him. If the lord gave him a wife, she shall be the lord&#39;s, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 4.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

lust

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hæfde his heofonríce hér on eorðan, þá him nánes willan næs forwyrnd hér, ne nánes lustes on þysse weorulde. Ps. Th. 48,18. Luste oblectamento (verborum frauduleitlo), An. Ox. 5285.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Geþingie, Wlfst. 299, 24. to intercede for something from a person Hys frýnd bǽdon Onian ꝥ his lífe geðingode æt Gode, Hml.

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sittingto sit upon, oppressto sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)to sit about, besiegeto repress, check, present motion

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Nû sceal se ðe wile sittan æt Godes gereorde ðæt gærs ofsittan, ðæt is, ðæt sceal ða flǽsclícan lustas gewyldan, Homl. Th. i. 188, 26. to sit upon, oppress Gif ; (a king) his folc ofsit, ðon biþ tyrannus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: of-setenness

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiegecircumdare, cingere, obsidereto be in session, to hold sessionsto posessconsidere,possidere

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Gif he ðæs mægenes ne hæbbe ðæt he hine inne besitte if he have not sufficient power that he may besiege him within, L.

Linked entry: be-seten

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Heó nele ábúgan fram hyre Drihtne áhwár, Hml. A. 28, 100: Hml. S. 16, 93. Gif ðé áhwár geyfelode, þæt ðú scealt forgifan, Hml. Th. i. 54, 25. Áwár, ii. 100, 33: i. 484, 7: 500, 5. Ne gesacu óhwǽr ecghete eóweð, B. 1737

hǽþen-gild

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fulwihte onféngon and wǽron blíðran tó ðám deáðe þonne hér on hǽðengilde lifden, Shrn. 142, 13. Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed þæt his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne . . . sé ðe elles déð, begǽð untwýlíce hǽðengild, Hml. Th. i. 474, 33.

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Eahtige hiene selfne swelcne ondrǽt ðæt sié, Past. 17; Swt. 118, 8. Hæfde his ende gebidenne swylcne ǽr æfter worhte, Judth. Thw. 22, 17; Jud. 65. Eall gedǽlan swylc him God sealde, Beo. Th. 145; B. 72.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

láðettan

(v.)
Grammar
láðettan, p. te

odioushatefulbe hatedbe hostileto abominatehate

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Uncer láðette ǽgðer óðer ðeáh ðe hít óðrum ne sǽde each of us hated the other, though he did not say so to the other, Shrn. 39, 22.

bisceop-hád

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þon bisceopháde onféng in Turnan, ... and his bisceophád gedéfelíce geheóld, Bl. H. 219, 24-31. Be biscophádum ... bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde ... bisceophád sceolde of manegan cynrynan áspringan, Wlfst. 175, 17-176, 6, 11.

hand

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Siteð nú on þá swíðran hond sunu his fæderes, Sat. 580. Tó þám yflum þe him bið on þá wynstran hond, Cri. 1364. of relative position generally (every or any) side Beón ðǽr on ǽlce hand beclýsede, Hml.

ÍSEN

(n.)
Grammar
ÍSEN, es ; n.

Ironsteel

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The two following passages refer to the ordeal [v. ísen-ordál] by hot iron :-- Gif hine ládian wille ðonne gá tó ðam hátum ísene and ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ if he be willing to clear himself, then let him go to the hot iron, and clear the

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, -diligian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To blot outdestroydēlēreobnūbĭlāreoblītĕrāre

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To blot out, destroy; dēlēre, obnūbĭlāre, oblītĕrāre He wolde ealle his þeóde fram ðam gingrum óþ ða yldran fordón and fordilgian he would do for and blot out all his nation from the younger to the elder, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 13: 5, 21; S. 643, 26.

martyr

(n.)
Grammar
martyr, martyre, es: m.

A martyr

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wilnade ðæt mid ðone martyr þrowian móste, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 18. cóman tó ðæs martyres húse, S. 477, 9. Ðǽr martiras meotode cwémaþ, Cd. 228; 671; Th. 305, 30; Sat. 655. gemynegode ðara eádigra martyra, Bd. 1. 7; S. 476, 33: Andr.